For twenty years I've built software that holds up in the real world: apps for crews in the oil field, the Bible App for millions of people, and now platforms for non-profits and ministries.
I started at Dobson Communications, a wireless carrier, building the e-commerce and self-service portals its customers used to manage their own accounts.
Then AT&T bought Dobson. Rather than become part of AT&T, I decided it was time to try something different.
Something different turned out to be oil and gas. TEKsystems placed me at Devon Energy as a contractor building GIS systems, and Devon hired me full time in 2008. I stayed six more years, working my way up to Lead Developer.
I got to work on many projects, but I spent a large part of my time on custom mapping systems and early iOS apps that brought real-time data to the people working out in the field.
In 2014 I joined Life.Church as a Software Engineer on YouVersion, the team behind the Bible App. I stayed nearly a decade and advanced to a Principal Engineer.
I was part of the team that designed and scaled high-volume distributed backend systems behind the Bible App and Bible Lite. I also worked on teams that built and shipped mobile apps to millions of people around the world. During my tenure, I helped shape YouVersion's mobile and data strategies and worked on automated CI/CD pipelines that let a global product release with confidence.
Over time, more of the job became people. I mentored engineers across teams and worked to raise the bar on architecture and code quality.
In April 2024 I became co-owner of Sowers, a product and engineering company that serves ministries, nonprofits and mission-driven organizations.
I handle the technical side of Sowers: technology consulting, rapid prototyping, and building web and mobile apps. Three projects define this chapter so far.
I architected and built Bosca, Sowers' content engine. It brings a CMS, messaging, analytics and recommendations together in one system.
Passion City Church contracted Sowers to help build Passion Equip, its discipleship and teaching platform, built on Bosca.
Supported BibleProject's mobile team on Kotlin Multiplatform, mostly as a technical advisor helping the team explore possibilities.
High-volume distributed backends, platform and API design, real-time and event-driven systems.
From early iOS field apps to the Bible App and Bible Lite, shipped to millions worldwide.
Contributing to data strategy, and building experimentation and recommendation systems.
Using new technology like AI responsibly, always looking for better ways to serve users and make engineers more effective.
Technical leadership and mentoring, learning from the engineers around me and raising the craft together.
Education · East Central University · B.S., Computer Science, minor in Mathematics
I'm looking for a senior or principal engineering role at a small to medium-sized, mission-driven organization, preferably in faith tech. A team with a clear identity, a clear purpose, and room to build software that helps people engage with Scripture and grow in their faith.